West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-04-21
REV. Dr. TALMAGE.
THE BROOKLYN DIVINE's SUN.
DAY SERMON
Subject: "The Overthrow OF the
Monster"

Text he iriH S,oallotp ,yp death ia rio
tory. Isaiah XIV, 3
About eighteen hundred and fifty thrce
Eastor mornings have wakened tho earth
In France for three centuries the almanacs
made the year begin at Easter until Charles
TX. made tho year begin at january LIST. In
the Tower OF London there is a royal paw.
ron oil Edward l., on which there
Is an entry OF eighteen pence for four
hundred colored and pictured Easter
In Russia, slaves we're fed and aims were dis
trlbuted on Easter. Ecclesiastical councils
met at Pontus, at Gaul, at Rome, at Achaia
20 decide the particular day, and after a con
troversy more animated than gracious. de-
cided II, and now through all Christendom.
IN some way the first Sunday after tho full
moon which happens upon or next after
March 81, Is tllled with Easter rejoicing.
The Royal Court OF the Sabbaths is made
up OF hfty-two. Fifty-one arc princes in tho
royal household, but Easter is queen She
wears richer diadem, and sNayS moro
1eweled sceptre, and in her smile nations arc
uraHlated- Unusually welcome this year be-
cause of the harsh winter and the late spring
she seems TO step out of the snow-bank
rather than the conservatory, come out of the
North instead OF the South, out OF the Arctic
rather than the tropics diSmounting from tho
Icy equinox; but welcome this queenly day,
holding high up in her right hand the
wrenched-oT bolt of Christs sepulchre. and
holding high up in her left hand tho key TO
III NlAo NtAutltINe III AnIlANenuOn.
IL Is an exciting thing 20 SEQ an army
routed and flying. They run each other down
Ihey scatter everything valuable In the track
Unwhceled artillery. Hoof OF horse on breast
OF wounded and dying man. You have read
OF the French falling back from Sedan or
Napoleon's track Of $1,000 corpses i'm tho
snow-banlts of Russia, or OF the retreat
OF our own armies from Manassas or of
the hve hngA tumbling over the rocks OF Be
thoran with their armies, while the hail
storms OF heaven and the swords OF Joshuas
host struck them with their fury. In my text
is worse diScomfiture. IL seems that a black
giant proposed TO conquer tho earth He
gathered for his host all the aches and mains
and malarias and cancers and distempers
and epidemics of the ages. lie marched
them down, drilling them In the north
east wind and amid the slush
Of tempestS He threw up barricades of grave
mound lie pitched tent OF charnel house
Some OF the troops marched with slow tread
commanded by consumptions some IN double
quick, commanded by pneumonias. Some he
took by long besegement Of evil habit, and
some by one stroke OF the battle axe OF cns-
unlty. With bony hands no pounded
at the door OF hospitals and sick rooms
and won all the victories in all the great
battlefields OF all the five continents. Forward
tuS ulaISili the cohqueror OF conquerors, and all
the Generals and Commanders in Chief, and
all Presidents and Kings and SultanS and
Cars drop under the feet OF his ,yar-charper
But one Christmas night his antagonist was
OOih. AS Hiost OF the plaques and sick
nesses and deEpotisms come out
OF tho East, IL was appropriate that
the new conquerOr should como out OF
the same quarter. Power is given Him To
awaken all the fallen of all the centuries and
OF all lands and marshal them against the
black giant. Fields have already been won
but the last day of the worlds exist
ence whl see the decisive battle When
Christ shall lead forth His two brigadcs.
the brigade Of the risen dead and the briUnde
OF the celestial host the IInpL ,..sn 81
back, and the brigade from tho riven
sepulchres will take Him from beneath and
the brigade Of descending immortals will take
iinn from above, and death shall be swal-
lowed up in victory.
The old braggart that threatened the con-
guest and demolition OF the planet has lost
his throne, has lost his sceptre. has lost his
palace, has lost his prestige, and the one word
written over all the gates OF mausoleum and
catacOmb and metropolis, on cenotaph aud
sarcophaguS, on the lonely khan of the Arc
tic explorer, and on the catafnlque OF great
cathedral, written in capitals OF azalea
anu , calla MY, written in musical cadence,
written in doXOlogy Of great asyenblages
Wrttcn on the sculptured door OF the family
vault, is victory" Coronal word ernbar.
nered word, apOcalyptic word, chief word OF
the triumphal arch under which conquerors
return.
Victoryl Word shouted nc CuIloden ana
Balaklnva and Blenheim, at Megiddo and sou
ferino, at Marathon, where the Atbenions
drove back the Medes; at Poichers, where
Charles Martol broke the ranks OF the 9oro
Gems; at Solamis, where Tbenistocles in
the great sea fight confounded the
PerSians, and at the door OF the
Eastern cavern of chscled rock whore
ChTlst came out through recess and
throttled the King Of Terrors and put him
back IN the niche from which tho celestial
Conqucror had just emerged Ahai when
the jaws Of the Eastern mausoleum took
down the black giant death was swallowed
~ Ia ~ HHfHNF
death.
The old antagonist is driven back into my
thology with oil the lore about Stvcian ferry
and Charon with oar and bont Melrogo
A0Dey ana henilWorth Castle are no moro i'm
ruins than Is the sepulchro. We shall have
no more to do with death than We have
with tho cloak room at n Governor or
Presidents levec We stop at fnlcb cIoat
room and leave in charge Of a servant our
overcont our overshoes, our outward op-
parol, that wo may not be inpeded in the
brilliant round Of the drawing room Wen
my friends, whcn we go out of this world we
are going to a kings banquet and 10 recop-
ton OF monarchs, and at the door Of the tomb
we leave the cloak Of flesh and tho wrappings
with which we meet tho storms Of this
world. Az tho close Of an earthly reception
under tho brush and broom Of the porter the
coat or hat may be handed 70 us better than
when we resigned it. and the cloak Of human
ity VII finally 10 returned - as improved
nnd Frightened and purified and glOrifc1
You and do not want our bodies returned
a5 they arc now. We want ~ get rid Of nll
their weaknesses and AN their gsceptihilitics
- fatigue and all their slowuCss Of locOmotiun
They wlil be put through q chemistry
ot soil and heat and cold and chang
ing seasons out OF which God viii
reconstruct them ns much better than
they are now as tho body Of tho rosicet
and hcolthiest child that bounds over tho
lawn NJ PrOSpcck Park is better than tho
sickcst patient in Bellevue Hospital But ns
70 our soul, We viii cross right over. not
waiting for Obsequcs, independent OF
obituary into state in every way
better, with wider room and vclocitieg
beyond computation tho dullcst OF us into
cOrnpanIJnship with Tho very best spirits Don
their very best moOd. Boo tho very uarlor of
tho universe tho four walls FURNISHED and
poneled and pictured and gIodiGod with all
the splcndOrs that the infinite God in an the
age has been able ~ invent victory
his Wow of course makes it of but little
importance whether $50 arc crematod or
sopulturod. in tho lattcr is dust 10 dust tho
former is ashes 20 ashes. if any prefer ucm
Grafton lct them have 80 without cnricaturo
Tho world may become eo crowded that
cremation may be universally adopted
by law a. well as by general con.
sent. Many of tho mightiost and
bo7t spirits have gone through this process
thousands and tens ~ thousands of Coils
children have been cromatod d-P. r. Bliss and
wife, the evangeiistic singers. cromated by
accident at Ashtabula Bridge John Rodgers
CteHu1ted by persecution Iafimor and